Selections from American Authors: A Reading Book for School and Home. Franklin, Adams, Cooper, LongfellowSamuel Eliot Taintor Brothers, Merrill & Company, 1879 - 410 pages |
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... taken , and other works of kindred excellence . It can be read by the fireside without a teacher , and still lead to the same desire for good books of every name . The love of reading is the end in view . S. E. CONTENTS . AUTOBIOGRAPHY ...
... taken , and other works of kindred excellence . It can be read by the fireside without a teacher , and still lead to the same desire for good books of every name . The love of reading is the end in view . S. E. CONTENTS . AUTOBIOGRAPHY ...
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... taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival in New England , because he found that his dyeing trade , being in ...
... taken to help my father in his business , which was that of a tallow - chandler and soap - boiler ; a business to which he was not bred , but had assumed on his arrival in New England , because he found that his dyeing trade , being in ...
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... taken of what related to the victuals on the table ; whether it was well or ill dressed , in or out of season , of good or bad flavor , preferable or inferior to this or that other thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a ...
... taken of what related to the victuals on the table ; whether it was well or ill dressed , in or out of season , of good or bad flavor , preferable or inferior to this or that other thing of the kind ; so that I was brought up in such a ...
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... taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of read- ing , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books . I was very fond of voyages . My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in ...
... taken home again . From my infancy I was passionately fond of read- ing , and all the money that came into my hands was laid out in the purchasing of books . I was very fond of voyages . My first acquisition was Bunyan's works in ...
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... taken up , censured , and im- prisoned for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I sup- pose because he would not discover the author . I too was taken up and examined before the Council ; but , though I did not give them any satisfaction ...
... taken up , censured , and im- prisoned for a month by the Speaker's warrant , I sup- pose because he would not discover the author . I too was taken up and examined before the Council ; but , though I did not give them any satisfaction ...
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